Ferreira da Silva chemistry laboratory restoration – the negotiating process, Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto

Marisa Monteiro graduated in Physics and has been a curator since 2000, with the former Science Museum and the present Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto, researching and cataloguing its 19th c. – early 20th c. exact science collection, having contributed to several interactive and historical science exhibitions. She assisted the
restoration of the Ferreira da Silva chemistry laboratory with information gathered through
research.

Mariano Piçarra (Lisbon, 1960) is a designer and author of numerous exhibitions at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, with which he has won the APOM award for “Best Exhibition” on several occasions, as well as the Pádua Ramos Award for Best Interior Design in 2015.

Luis Afonso Carvalho (Lisbon, 1961) is an architect and has been working with Mariano Piçarra in museography since 1991. The works carried out by this duo include regular collaborations with National Museums, Municipal Museums and also exhibitions for institutions such as the Centro Cultural de Belém, Serralves and the Rectory of the University of Porto.